www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Meriam Ibrahimhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/meriam-ibrahim/?utm_medium=RSS2015-03-18T16:07:24-04:00'I am a Christian' ad blocked on Facebook for offensive speech2015-03-18T16:07:24-04:00Jessica Chasmarhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/18/i-am-a-christian-ad-blocked-on-facebook-for-offens/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Facebook has blocked an advertisement for the upcoming independent film "I am a Christian," citing marketing rules against ads that use offensive speech, producers said Wednesday.</p> <p>Producers of film, set to star Fox News contributor Stacey Dash and "Hercules" star Kevin Sorbo, are <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/campaign-has-been-stopped" target="_blank">attempting to raise</a> $500,000 in ...Ted Cruz to conservatives: 'Our values are fundamentally American'2014-09-26T11:05:00-04:00David Sherfinskihttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/26/cruz-conservative-values-fundamentally-american/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas fired up a roomful of social conservatives Friday, urging them to hold fast to their values with a little more than a month left until this year's midterm elections and opening up about how faith influenced the lives of his parents.</p> <p>Mr. Cruz, a possible ...EDITORIAL: Meriam Ibrahim's happy immigrant story2014-07-30T19:18:06-04:00THE WASHINGTON TIMEShttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/30/editorial-a-happy-immigrant-story/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The news is not always bad, though it sometimes seems that way. Madeleine K. Albright, the former secretary of state, says that "the world is in a mess," and who argues with that? But in the gathering gloom, there's an occasional shaft of sunlight, and caught in the light is ...Pope Francis meets Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman sentenced to death2014-07-24T12:16:42-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/24/pope-meets-sudanese-woman-sentenced-to-death/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>ROME (AP) &mdash; Pope Francis met privately Thursday with a Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence, blessing the woman as she cradled her infant daughter born just weeks ago in prison.</p> <p>The Vatican characterized the visit with Meriam Ibrahim, 27, ...Supporters hail freedom for Sudanese Christian mother who refused to recant her faith2014-07-24T21:14:11-04:00Kristen East The Washington Timeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/24/supporters-hail-freedom-for-sudanese-christian-mot/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Just a day after a Capitol Hill hearing highlighting her case, a Sudanese woman flew to Italy early Thursday, escaping a possible death sentence in her native land for refusing to renounce her Christian faith.</p> <p>Meriam Ibrahim, whose plight attracted international attention, arrived safely in Rome with her family on ...Christian woman in Sudan spared for apostasy flies to Italy2014-07-24T06:06:43-04:00Cheryl K. Chumleyhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/24/christian-woman-sudan-spared-apostasy-flies-italy/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian woman who was imprisoned and sentenced to death by Sudanese authorities for her religious beliefs, is now free and has touched down in Italy to be with her family.</p> <p>Reuters reported that Ms. Ibrahim, 27, landed at Rome's Ciampino airport.</p> <p>Italian politician Lapo Pistelli, who accompanied ...Obama pressed on Sudanese mother's case, facing death sentence over Christian faith2014-07-23T21:30:16-04:00Kristen East The Washington Timeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/23/obama-pressed-on-sudanese-mothers-case-facing-deat/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Obama administration should be step up efforts to free a Sudanese mother facing a death sentence for refusing to recant her Christian faith, lawmakers said at a House hearing Wednesday.</p> <p>The meeting of the human rights subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee focused on the case of Meriam ...Christian mom on death row for renouncing Islam flees to U.S. Embassy in Sudan2014-06-27T06:05:42-04:00Cheryl K. Chumleyhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/27/christian-mom-death-row-renouncing-islam-flees-us-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Meriam Ibrahim, a Christian mother who was placed on death row in Sudan for her religious beliefs, has now fled to the nearby U.S. Embassy and taken refuge.</p> <p>Ms. Ibrahim, 27, was handed down a death sentence for apostasy after her accusers found her guilty of denouncing Islam. She was ...HIGHER GROUND: Atheist to give invocation before N.Y. town's meeting2014-06-26T16:42:02-04:00Meredith Somershttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/26/atheist-invocation/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Last month, the town of Greece, N.Y., won its fight to offer a prayer before its government board meetings, but with that victory came the stipulation that anyone was free to say one.</p> <p>Next month, the town is making good on its word, and welcoming Dan Courtney, a member of ...Sudan arrests Christian mother after releasing her from prison2014-06-24T11:38:01-04:00Meredith Somershttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/24/sudan-arrests-christian-mother-after-releasing-her/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Sudanese mother who had faced a death sentence for refusing to give up her Christian faith has been arrested less than a day after being released from prison.</p> <p>Meriam Ibrahim was arrested Tuesday with her husband and two children at Khartoum&rsquo;s airport, the BBC reported. The BBC reported that ...Sudanese woman sentenced to death re-arrested2014-06-24T07:36:00-04:00by Elise Harrishttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/24/sudanese-woman-sentenced-to-death-re-arrested/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Vatican City - After having her death sentence for refusing to renounce her Christian faith revoked by a Sudanese court yesterday, Meriam Ibrahim has been re-arrested along with her husband at an airport.</p><p> According to the BBC, close to 40 security officers detained Ibrahim along with her husband, Daniel Wani ...EDITORIAL: Saved from the gallows2014-06-23T20:06:07-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/23/editorial-saved-from-the-gallows/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Occasionally a shaft of sunshine breaks through the gloom that seems to envelop most of the world in this season of our dismay. Such a shaft broke through the clouds over Khartoum on Monday, when a Sudanese appeals court ordered Meriam Ibrahim freed from the cell where she has been ...Sudan orders release of Christian woman sentenced to death for apostasy2014-06-23T11:26:50-04:00Meredith Somershttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/23/sudan-releases-christian-women-sentenced-death-apo/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A Sudanese court reportedly has ordered the release of a young Christian mother who had been sentenced to death for not marrying a Muslim man.</p> <p>Meriam Ibrahim, 27, was ordered to be released from prison by the Court of Cassation on Monday, according to The Associated Press.</p> <p>Sudan's official news ...Sudanese woman freed from prison after court ruling2014-06-23T10:47:17-04:00Mark A. Kellnerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/23/sudanese-woman-freed-from-prison-after-court-rulin/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Meriam Ibrahim, the 27-year-old Sudanese Christian mother convicted of apostasy and sentenced to death because her father was Muslim, has been freed from death row and has left prison, several international news agencies report.</p><p>Word first came via Sudan&#039;s official news agency SUNA, according to the Associated Press, that Ibrahim had ...PRUDEN: Going AWOL in the 'war on women'2014-06-16T19:42:06-04:00Wesley Prudenhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/16/pruden-going-awol-in-the-war-on-women/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Barack Obama could use a little relief. The world is crumbling around him, much of it the result of his presidential misfeasance at home and abroad.</p> <p>The chickens coming to roost on Pennsylvania Avenue are neither ideological nor partisan. Evil men are bold and quick to take advantage of timidity ...Sudan archdiocese speaks out for condemned Catholic woman2014-06-12T00:02:00-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/12/sudan-archdiocese-speaks-out-for-condemned-catholi/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Khartoum, Sudan - The Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum has urged Sudanese authorities to review the legal case of Meriam Ibrahim, a Catholic woman who faces a death sentence for allegedly abandoning Islam.</p><p> "The fact of the matter is that Meriam did not abandon the Islamic faith but rather she, in ...FIELDS: Islamic barbarism and the 'war on women'2014-06-04T20:17:07-04:00Suzanne Fieldshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/4/fields-the-gallows-for-a-christian/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>There's a narrow band of outrage for 21st-century women in America. There's the occasional sling and the odd arrow aimed our way, but women can stand up to men when men need standing up to, and pay no price for it. Women of the First World enjoy the luxury of ...White House petition seeks pressure on Sudan for Christian woman2014-06-04T11:21:32-04:00Meredith Somershttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/4/white-house-petition-seeks-pressure-sudan-christia/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>More than 37,000 people have signed onto a petition urging the Obama administration to demand that Sudan release a young Christian mother who faces a death sentence for marrying an American Christian.</p> <p>The &ldquo;Act in the case of Meriam Ibrahim in Sudan and her baby and toddler in prison&rdquo; petition ...Sudan to release Christian Meriam Ibrahim on death row for two years to nurse newborn2014-05-31T13:47:35-04:00Kellan Howellhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/31/sudan-release-christian-meriam-ibrahim-death-row-t/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Authorities in Sudan will temporarily release a woman sentenced to death for apostasy, a foreign ministry official says.</p> <p>Meriam Ibrahim will be allowed to nurse her newborn daughter for two years before her sentence is carried out.</p> <p>The woman, who was pregnant at the time of her conviction for refusing ...Husband of condemned Sudanese woman reiterates commitment2014-05-31T15:55:00-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/31/husband-of-condemned-sudanese-woman-reiterates-com/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Khartoum, Sudan - The husband of Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese Christian woman sentenced to death for allegedly abandoning Islam, says his wife is standing by her faith despite possible execution.</p><p> "I know my wife. She's committed," Daniel Wani told CNN May 30. "Even last week, they brought in Sheikhs and ...